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October 12, 2007 LOWER HUDSON CONFERENCE ANNUAL MEETING & AWARDS TOWARDS EXCELLENCE PROGRAM Featuring a Historic House Museum FIELD FORUM In the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House
Above: 1907 Van Norden Carriage House; Below: an 1870's
In a FIELD FORUM assessment of the Historic House Museum Practicum year, British design historian Dr. Margaret Ponsonby will offer a keynote talk, connecting the interpretive context of historic houses with the meaning of the collections that lie within. LHC's practicum project, supported by a major grant from IMLS, is woven into the 2007 annual meeting. CALL FOR FIELD FORUM COMMENT PANELISTS:
Opportunities for Exhibiting: $250 Name(s)_____________________________________ Affiliation (org.) ______________________________ Position(s) __________________________________ Address_____________________________________ Town/State/Zip_______________________________ E-mail: ______________________________________ Phone Number [_____] ________________________
[___] $40 /LHC member [___] $50 /non-member Annual Meeting Registration [___] $45/ LHC member [___] $55/ non-member
SUPPORT US ! [ ] Annual Meeting Exhibitor: $250 ___________________________________________________________________ GREATER HUDSON RAFFLE: Drawing will be held Ticket numbers will be assigned, in your name, upon receipt of check. Please reserve [_____] # raffle tickets @ $5.00/ ticket Please reserve [_____] # books @ $20/book of five tickets Total # of tickets requested: ___________ _______________________________________________________________ JOIN US ! LHC MEMBERSHIP: Please check correct category
$ 40 individual $ 50 budget under $25,000 $ 75 professional/consultant $ 75 budget $25-$99,000 $ 100 sustaining $ 100 budget $100-$249,000 $ 15 student w/current ID $ 125 budget $250-$499,000 Business Membership $ 175 budget $500-$999,000 $ 500 $ 200 budget $1,000,000+ Individual Name_______________________________ Organization Name____________________________ Address______________________________________ City/State/Zip__________________________________ Tel:__________________________________________ E-Mail:_______________________________________ Contact person (for organization or business membership): Please check: [ ] NEW MEMBER [ ] RENEWING MEMBER
You may print out and fill-in these forms, or those on our website, then Awards Towards Excellence Nominations closed on August 6, 2007. For information, past awardees, and nomination forms, please see attached, or click on www.lowerhudsonconference.org/annualmeeting. To Donate Items to the Greater Hudson Raffle, call LHC (914-592-6726). Annual Meeting & Awards October 12, 2007 Hosted by the Jay Heritage Center, Rye, New York CONNECTING TO COLLECTIONS / CONNECTING TO HISTORY: BECOMING THE GREATER HUDSON HERITAGE NETWORK
LOWER HUDSON CONFERENCE ANNUAL MEETING OCT. 12, 2007 at THE JAY HERITAGE CENTER, Rye, NY TO CELEBRATE REGIONAL RECIPIENTS OF 2007 AWARDS TOWARDS EXCELLENCE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies & Museums (LHC) will hold its Annual Meeting on October 12, 2007 at the Jay Heritage Center, Rye, NY. Following a morning keynote speaker and a Field Forum focused on Historic House Museums and their collections, the afternoon portion will honor 10 recipients of the 22nd Annual Historical Services Awards Towards Excellence. Lower Hudson Conference's Awards Program seeks to recognize and commend exceptional efforts among LHC members. Awards are made to projects and organizations that exemplify creativity and professional vision resulting in a contribution of preservation and interpretation of the historic scene, material culture and diversity of the region. 2007 awards will be presented on October 12th to: CLINTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MICHAEL ASBILL, Clinton Corners, NY (Dutchess) for the exhibition Picturing Clinton Then and Now, a creative exhibit using lenticular photographic prints to bring the past and present into direct contact. HARNESS RACING MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME, Goshen, NY (Orange) for the exhibition, A Drive to Win, celebrating the dedication and determination of drivers and trainers who strive to succeed. THE HEBREW HOME AT RIVERDALE, Riverdale, NY (Bronx), for the brochure, The Art Collection at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale. The clear, concise, well-designed brochure, highlighting the permanent art collection, brings the public to a unique venue for art and history. HUDSON HIGHLANDS NATURE MUSEUM, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (Orange) for the "Discovery Quest" guide books which promote knowledge and appreciation of the natural world, environmental stewardship and encourage the public to explore the hiking trails in the Hudson Valley region. PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & THE FOUNDRY SCHOOL MUSEUM, Cold Spring, NY (Putnam) for the exhibition catalog, This Perfect River-View: the Hudson River School and Contemporaries in Private Collections in the Highlands, an elegant, scholarly treatment of an important body of rarely seen art. ROCKEFELLER ARCHIVE CENTER; MARAGRET HOGAN & BETHANY ANTOS, Sleepy Hollow, NY (Westchester) for the exhibit, Extraordinary Visions, Enduring Voices: Women in the Rockefeller Archive Center. The exhibit achieved three goals: to highlight the diversity of the Rockefeller Archive Center's holdings; to draw attention to underutilized collections; to raise awareness of the important work of women within often male-dominated organizations whose records are housed at the Center. SOMERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Somers, NY (Westchester) for Devoted to History-An Oral History of Florence Oliver, Somers Town Historian, a unique video that merges personal, cultural and regional history into an oral history format. SOMERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Somers, NY (Westchester) for the Elephant Hotel on Review, Commemorative Poster, a poster that perpetuates a collaborative effort to creatively reinterpret an historic site and the history of the Elephant Hotel as a National Landmark.. TIME AND THE VALLEY'S MUSEUM, Grahamsville, NY (Sullivan) for Voices from the Valleys, a CD recording the voices of 11 surviving citizens whose stories capture the history of the drowned villages that resulted from the coming of the New York City reservoir system. WALDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Walden, NY (Orange) for the public program, WWI Canteen and USO Show that drew together veterans, community leaders and the general public in a manner reminiscent of the original volunteer spirit of these shows with exhibits, costumed theatricals and musical interpretations. ###
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